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Is Nigeria’s presidential election result valid?

A boy rides a bicycle past a monument decorated with election posters depicting Nigeria's main opposition party presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar with his running mate, Peter Obi, in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria  February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Nyancho NwaNri     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1BF60DDCA0

Senior Fellow John Mukum Mbaku discusses the results of the Nigerian presidential election, which declared incumbent Muhammadu Buhari the winner and have been rejected by opponent Atiku Abubakar. He explains the importance of this election to the prosperity of Nigeria and the international issues it has been outspoken on.

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